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<br />Case History <br /> <br />IIOne street leads through Marble, Colorado, after the <br />recent flood (hat struck there a w~ek ago last Friday, August <br />8 (1941) and many of the homes that were struck by the full <br />force of the flood will never be dug out of the mud or <br />repaired. 'Main Street' in Marble is still under 6 to 8 feet <br />of mud and rock) much of Which will probably never be <br />removed.. . <br /> <br />"Marble.. .was all but swept away in a flood and rock and <br />mud slide... in some localities in the town, during the peak <br />of the storm and tragedy I the mud. rock and water level <br />reached 20 feet. Later it subsided to 6 to 10 feet as it <br />remains today. <br /> <br />liThe flood and slide came down Carbonate Creek and <br />struck at about 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon.. .just before <br />the flood struck, a severe lightning storm was prevalent and <br />all the Children and women had gone indoors. <br /> <br />liThe flood came rushing down upon the town and before <br />most people realized what had happened it had removed 1 1/2 <br />blocks of houses and buildings, as well as the entire water <br />main and electric supply for the community. The furnishings <br />of many homes were washed out of the buildings and down the <br />creek, being carried about 500 feet by the speed of the water <br />when it struck a nome. <br /> <br />IIHomes that were not torn from their bases, turned over <br />or set sailing on the flood waters were badly damaged by mud <br />and water that ran in from doorways and windows, filling <br />rooms to a level of from one to three feet. The mud and rock <br />slide was well over a thousand feet wide and the debris that <br />rode on the crest of the moving mass was responsible for <br />taking out several bridges and causing much of the damage. <br /> <br />'IThe flood that struck two weeks ago was the <br />the past 20 years. Marble has been subjected to <br />inundat ions.. . II <br /> <br />worst in <br />periodic <br /> <br />The Glenwood Post <br />August 21, 1941 <br /> <br />19 <br />